Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 46

ORIBASIUS (325-403) Synopseos ad Eustathium filium libri novem. [Apud Paulum Manutium, Aldi filium 1554] 216 ll. 15.8 cm.

Oribasius, born in Pergamon (as was Galen) and a pupil of Zeno in the medical school of Alexandria, became physician to Emperor Julian, the nephew of Constantine. He was one of the most important medical figures of the Byzantine period and was responsible for preserving the writings of many medical authorities of antiquity in his Synagogae medicae. In this seventy-volume encyclopedia of medicine, of which only one-third has been preserved, he carefully translated and excerpted the works of such notable authors as Archigenes, Rufus, Aristotle, Heliodorus, Soranus, Antyllus, and Galen. This volume, an epitome of his works written at the request of his son Eustachius, demonstrates his clear judgment in the treatment of such matters as diet in pregnancy, the choice of nurses, and diseases of children.

Cited references: Cushing O43; Durling 3411; Osler 433 (Paris, 1554 ed.); Waller 7004; Wellcome 4648

Gift of John Martin, M.D.